[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 21046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6080]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection for the ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures 
and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment 
Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers; Comment 
Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration, Office of 
Workforce Security is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the collection for the ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures 
and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment 
Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers. A copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
notice or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before June 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Thomas Stengle, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room S4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, Phone:(202)693-2991 (This is not a toll-free 
number), Fax: (202) 693-2874, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Public Law 97-362, Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982, amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) law (5 U.S.C. 
8509), and Public Law 96-499, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 
amended the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) law 
(5 U.S.C. 8501, et. seq.) requiring each Federal employing agency to 
pay the costs of regular and extended UCFE/UCX benefits paid to its 
employees by the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The ETA 191 report 
submitted quarterly by each SWA shows the amount of benefits that 
should be charged to each Federal employing agency. The Office of 
Workforce Security uses this information to aggregate the SWA quarterly 
charges and submit one official bill to each Federal agency being 
charged. Federal agencies then reimburse the Federal Employees 
Compensation (FEC) Account maintained by the U.S. Treasury.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Regular.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration
    Title: Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of 
Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and 
Ex-Servicemembers (UCFE/UCX)
    OMB Number: 1205-0162.
    Agency Form Number: ETA 191.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 11, 2006.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E6-6080 Filed 4-21-06; 8:45 am]
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